Cyber Democracy

Suno India

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Aug 31, 2020

Future of Labour Post COVID-19: Part 2

COVID has accelerated automation of labour and has forced monitoring of workers and their bodies. This excessive collection of data of labour not only brings in the question of violations of their right to priv...

19 mins

Aug 31, 2020

Future of Labour Post COVID-19: Part 1

COVID-19 has accelerated automation of labour and has forced monitoring of workers and their bodies. This excessive collection of data of labour not only brings in the question of violations of their right to p...

22 mins

Jul 01, 2020

The Great Chinese Block

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued a press release to ban around 59 prominent Chinese mobile applications from both Android and iOS app marketplace within under 69A of the Informa...

39 mins

Jun 15, 2020

Digital Pipe Dreams

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has recently started holding consultations on a whitepaper titled "National Open Digital Ecosystem" or NODE. The aim of the consultation process is to come...

37 mins

May 12, 2020

Tindering with Bumble & Hinge

With the COVID-19 lockdowns and the dearth of meeting people in real world, several people are exploring options for date online. While dating apps like tinder and bumble have been available for a while, there...

30 mins

May 01, 2020

Boots on the ground need of the hour, not more apps- Part 2

In this episode of the Cyber Democracy, Suno India editor Padma Priya and Cyber Democracy host Srinivas Kodali continue exploring more about surveillance architecture, including contact tracing and the lack of...

37 mins

Apr 30, 2020

Boots on the ground need of the hour, not more apps- Part 1

The Indian government launched Arogya Setu app, saying that it could be an effective solution to combat COVID-19.  Lately, the terms ‘contact tracing’ and ‘disease surveillance’ are being used widely. What exac...

33 mins

Apr 20, 2020

Switching off the Internet

It has become clear that without internet, the world would not have been able to be under lock down because of corona virus and carried out any work from home. Internet providers are working round the clock to...

31 mins

Apr 14, 2020

Aarogya Setu- Contact Tracing & Privacy

Cyber Democracy podcast was on a mid-season break. We are back now with some bonus episodes.  The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has seen unprecedented steps being taken by countries across the world. From stringen...

34 mins

Feb 23, 2020

Muting the Internet

The internet enabled new content to be created and distributed as there was no regulation over the content. Over the years government has been trying to regulate the internet and bring in laws that could harm c...

37 mins